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Mr Shawn Tavares

Mr Shawn Tavares

Shawn Tavares Ltd

Trauma & orthopaedic surgery 03427350

  • Bupa Platinum consultant
  • Fee assured
  • Open Referral network
Overview
Bupa Platinum consultant
Fee assured
Open Referral network

Specialises in

  • Hip
  • Knee

Offers

  • Face-to-face consultations
  • Video and telephone consultations

About me

Consultant Orthopaedic surgeon specialising in hips and knees.

Mr Tavares has been a local consultant in Reading since 2000 with over 1400 Hip replacements; Birmingham Hip re-surfacing; treatment of trochanteric bursitis; revision Hip replacements; Total knee replacements; Oxford uni-compartmental knee replacement; Cruciate ligament knee surgery; meniscal repair; arthroscopic knee surgery; sports injuries.

Mr Tavares undertook his basic medical training in the West Indies. His post-graduate training was done on the Oxford Trauma and Orthopaedic training rotation (Stoke Mandeville Hospital, John Radcliffe Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and Royal Berkshire Hospital) from 1993 to 2000.

His fellowship training in knee surgery was carried out at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital and Imperial College London in 1998.

Mr Tavares was appointed Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading in October 2000. He went on to become Clinical Director in the Orthopaedic Department from 2004-2007, and Clinical Governance lead from 2008-2011. He was the Enhanced Recovery Lead for hip and knee replacement surgery from 2010- 2022.

Areas of interest

Anterior Cruciate Ligamant (ACL) reconstruction surgery
Hip replacement surgery
Hip replacement revision surgery
Hip resurfacing
Knee replacement surgery
Knee replacement surgery (partial)
Kneecap stabilisation surgery
Knee arthroscopy
Knee cartilage surgery
Meniscal repair surgery
PRP injections

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Procedures completed

  • W9040

    Injection(s) +/- aspiration, into joint, cyst, bursa - unilateral - (5-50)

    Circle Reading Hospital (5-50)

  • W8500

    Multiple arthroscopic operations on knee (including meniscectomy, chondroplasty, drilling or microfracture) - unilateral - (5-50)

    Circle Reading Hospital (5-50)

  • W3712

    Primary total hip replacement +/- cement - (5-50)

    Circle Reading Hospital (5-50)

  • W7420

    Autograft anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction +/- meniscectomy - (5-50)

    Circle Reading Hospital (5-50)

  • W4210

    Total prosthetic replacement of knee joint +/- cement +/- patella resurfacing - unilateral - (5-50)

    Circle Reading Hospital (5-50)

  • W7583

    Repair of patellar/quadricep tendon - (1-5)

    Circle Reading Hospital (1-5)

  • W4230

    Revision of total replacement of knee joint - (1-5)

    Circle Reading Hospital (1-5)

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